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Antique Botanical Lithographs Set of Four, Hand Colored Flower Prints by S. Holden

Antique Botanical Lithographs Set of Four, Hand Colored Flower Prints by S. Holden

$800.00 CAD
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About This Piece

Four hand colored lithographs of flowering plants by Samuel Holden, the London botanical artist and lithographer, each drawn and lithographed by his hand and captioned in engraved script: Viscaria oculata, Salvia linarioides, Chironia floribunda, and Campanula sylvatica. Holden worked for Sir Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany through the 1830s and 1840s, and these carry his "S. Holden, del & Lith" credit in the plate. The blues have held their freshness, and the four sit together in matching black and gilt frames as a single wall grouping.

Details
Artist
By Samuel Holden, English, active 1834 to 1849. A London botanical artist and lithographer who both drew and lithographed his plates, working for Sir Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany during its run from 1834 to 1849. He is best known within that publication for his flower and orchid subjects, and his plates are valued for the clarity of the drawing and the strength of the hand coloring.
Signature
Each plate credited in the image, lower left, reading "S. Holden, del & Lith"
Medium
Hand colored lithograph
Subject
Flowering plants: Viscaria oculata, Salvia linarioides, Chironia floribunda, Campanula sylvatica
Origin
English, published London
Age
Antique, circa 1840
Frame Size
7 in. W x 10.25 in. H, each
Format
Set of four, sold together as one grouping
Frame
Later black and gilt moulding, one per plate, matched
School or Movement
Botanical illustration. The tradition of documenting plants accurately for science and horticulture, at its height in England and Europe from roughly 1600 to 1900. Nineteenth century periodicals like the one these come from paired hand finished lithography with expert hand coloring to record newly introduced and cultivated plants for a growing audience of gardeners and collectors.
Support
Wove paper
Medium Detail
Lithograph with hand coloring, the color applied by hand over the printed base
Condition

The four sheets show light toning and scattered foxing consistent with age, most noticeable in the margins and heaviest on the Viscaria oculata plate, which carries some spotting and light staining in the lower area. The hand coloring remains fresh across all four, with the blues especially well preserved. The frames are later black and gilt moulding and show scuffing and rubbing to the gilt along edges and corners throughout, in keeping with age and handling. Backing is kraft paper with wire hangers; one plate is numbered in pencil on the verso. The plates are framed and were not examined outside their frames, so the sheet and image dimensions and the condition of the sheet edges beneath the mats are not recorded here. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.

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